Wednesday, August 20, 2008

"Acute on CRS"

'alam maya' menyatakan:

Acute: Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes an illness that is of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of urgent care.

Rhino-sinusitis is an inflammatory process involving one or more of the paranasal sinuses that usually follows an allergic reaction or viral upper respiratory infection. In some cases, rhino-sinusitis may occur due to increased production of bacteria on the surface of the sinus cavities.
Technically there is no difference between Rhino-sinusitis and nasal polyps, though a slight distinction is made that nasal polyps are a worst case scenario of the condition of rhino-sinusitis. Rhino-sinusitis refers to the inflammation of the tissues of the nose (rhino-) and sinuses. Nasal Polyps (tissue swellings) can form within the nose and sinuses, these are responsible for many symptoms described by patients with chronic rhino-sinusitis.

Chronic rhino-sinusitis is the inflammatory and infection that concurrently affects the nose and para-nasal sinuses. Chronic Rhino-sinusitis is a debilitating form of sinusitis that can lead to significant physical symptoms as well as substantial functional and emotional impairment.
Chronic Rhino-sinusitis may become extensively painful and tissues of nose (rhino) may swell since this condition lasts for longer than 12 weeks. In chronic rhino-sinusitis, a long duration of the following symptoms is typical and may be present:
*Nasal polyps
*Cystic fibrosis
*Nasal obstruction

Chronic Rhinosinusitis is a persistent inflammation and swelling of the membrane and tissue lining the nose, sinuses and their connecting channels. The definition of a chronic nasal and sinus disorder is a combination of symptoms, persisting more than 12 weeks. Nasal symptoms occur due to tissue swelling within our nose while sinus symptoms occur due to blockage of the osteomeatal channels which will block air flow and mucous drainage. Chronic Rhinosinusitis can improve briefly, however it does not go away completely even with many different medications and longer periods of treatment. Therefore, this "blockage" tends to be permanent and causes symptoms to persist and linger. In fact, these symptoms may be less obvious to an individual than those that occur with acute Rhinosinusitis. However, they can impact on our quality of life significantly

Pansinusitis : inflammation of all of the paranasal sinuses.
Pansinusitis is usually the result of infection rather than allergy, and in extreme cases may require surgery.

Akhir kata, the operation is scheduled on Monday 25/8/08 at 8:30 am @ Selangor Medical Centre.

6 comments:

mamalisa said...

Pls let me know kalau betul kena operate ok, kalau x ada aral melintang insyaAllah kami dtg melawat. Take care safwin, pray the operation will b successful and smooth sailing..mintak doc mancungkan hidung sekali boleh? hik hik hik..

Xpin said...

Yes mawar. Mmg kena operate. Isnin pagi kol 8.30 start. Ahad safwin dh kena masuk wad. Masa operate roughly dlm 2 jam.
Terpikir gak nk soh Dr Hazim tu mancung kan idung. Tapi kang jadi cam Michael Jackson kang... naya... hehehehe.
How's Alisa?

Anonymous said...

safwin...take care and get well soon kay,,,,

anna

Xpin said...

Thanks anna.

Anonymous said...

Don't know that you have sinus problem. Memula baca macam A cute rhino something.. Ingat badak mana lak yg cute. Dah baca panjang2 baru paham. Mine have been solved without the need of any operation. Kalau tahu awal2 leh gak bagi remedy. Anyhow wish u good luck & get well soon. Kalu tak salah, it's a minor operation. tapi lepas operation, better take a lot of Zinc & protein. Helps to heal the wound faster.

Xpin said...

Hi Dinas...
Actually it's a major operation. I was on GA. The op was successful and painless (thanks to the doctor). I mmg tak tau i penah ada sinus. Tau2 jer dah ada and it's quite chronic. Anyway thanks for dropping by. Mesti tau dari kasma ni yek?